Max Cherry
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Search complete. 29 mentions across 9 episodes found for "Max Cherry".
Sep 10, 2026
Kirk MinihaneHOST
Um, was not-- He liked Pulp Fiction, was actually pushing for another French film, but was on that jury, um, for, for Pulp Fiction.
Kirk MinihaneHOST
I think Clint could have played Max Cherry, um, by the way.
Kirk MinihaneHOST
I think Clint could have played, uh, the Robert Forster role and Jackie Brown.
Kirk MinihaneHOST
So could have Hackman and Newman, which, um, Tarantino writes about.
Gordon McNultyHOST
Kirk Lazarus as Staff Sergeant Lincoln Osiris.
ElizaGUEST
Who played Max Cherry?
Gordon McNultyHOST
Oh, Robert Forster, Jackie Brown is Max Cherry.
ElizaGUEST
Who played Curly Washburn?
Gordon McNultyHOST
Palance, Jack Palance in City Slickers.
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ElizaGUEST
yeah it's like he it is he has of course helped by like the writing and whatever but it's like so much of it is just van heflin himself and it's just like if you give enough if you let an actor do enough they can truly just steal this movie and i'm so glad that they let van heflin do what he did yeah
Gordon McNultyHOST
no that that is a very justifiable number one My number one, a performance I love, a movie I love, a character I love, a love that I love, a romance in this movie that I love.
Gordon McNultyHOST
Robert Forster as Max Cherry in Jackie Brown.
Aaron BynumHOST
Um, I think it's really fun to see Michael Keaton in this role, but honestly, like, the standout performance in this movie for me is Max Forster.
Aaron BynumHOST
I really like as Max Cherry.
Aaron BynumHOST
Uh, sorry, Robert Forster as Max Cherry.
Aaron BynumHOST
Um, and I also think this is a really fun De Niro performance because it is just, like, nothing.
Aaron BynumHOST
Um, you know, as opposed to his, you know, normal thing.
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JasonGUEST
Right
Aaron BynumHOST
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Aaron BynumHOST
I also really like the ending for that reason because you've got Max Cherry, who can sort of see that, and he's also rooting for Jackie, clearly, because he helps her.
JeffHOST
But two things I will say.
JeffHOST
Number one, something I found out this week that was kind of interesting, Tarantino actually considered Gene Hackman for the role of Max Cherry that Robert Forster played in Jackie Brown.
JeffHOST
So that would have been kind of funny if he would have been in both.
JeffHOST
And just to your Delroy Lindo point, one of the hardest things for me to watch in terms of the Academy Awards was seeing Delroy Lindo lose last year for centers.
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JeffHOST
Like, when she's in a scene with Samuel L. Jackson and Robert De Niro and you don't get drowned out in any way, like, that's pretty impressive.
JeffHOST
And, you know, even down to Tom Lister, who plays the...
JeffHOST
Shit, what was his name? Wallace? He played Debo in Friday, the Max Cherry's assistant.
JeffHOST
You know, even him... thrown in a couple lines, you know? I just thought compared to...
Josh LarsenHOST
[laughs]
Adam KempenaarHOST
... watching Jackie Brown, and Robert Forster's Max Cherry, the bail bondsman, has just taken Pam Grier's Jackie back to her house after a night in jail, and she decides to put on some music, puts on a record.
Adam KempenaarHOST
I should get some extra points here for having an actual needle drop-
Josh LarsenHOST
Yes
Joe DevineHOST
And, uh, so I really like the idea that there's, there's a sort of whole story that's already happened.
Joe DevineHOST
That's also true in the case of Max Cherry, uh, who is the, uh, the bail bondsman, who's in his late 50s and lives a sort of quiet, um, I don't know, s- maybe quite small life.
Joe DevineHOST
Uh, and also it's clearly the case with, uh, Robert De Niro playing Louis and, uh, Samuel L. Jackson playing Ordell, uh-
Adam RichmondHOST
Ordell Robie.
Joe DevineHOST
These guys are old and they've, you know, they've shared jail time before.
Joe DevineHOST
I mean, and, and in fact, the sort of crux of the, of the Ordell and Louis relationship is one of lamenting for the past, right? So I quite like that there's a film that exists that has these older characters in it.
Joe DevineHOST
And one of my favorite things about it, uh, although I do think there are some ... weak elements, uh, related as well is the relationship between Max Cherry and, and Jackie Brown.
Joe DevineHOST
Because it feels like a relationship between two people who are old enough to enjoy romance but not believe in it.
Scott KHOST
Well, that'll bring us to number four, and it comes to us from Jackie Brown.
Scott KHOST
While these characters may not have been written by Tarantino, he definitely puts his own spin on them to make them very much his own, and they are Jackie Brown and Max Cherry.
Scott KHOST
Jackie and Max are a duo that operates on a completely different frequency than almost anyone else in the Tarantino-verse.
Scott KHOST
There are no matching black suits here, no stylized kung fu, and no massive body counts.
Scott KHOST
On paper, this is another classic case of opposites attracting.
Scott KHOST
You've got Jackie, a brilliant, fiercely independent Black flight attendant who's working a dead-end job, smuggling cash on the side and facing hard time if she gets caught.
Scott KHOST
And then you've got Max, a weary, deeply professional white bail bondsman who has seen it all, done it all, and is quietly looking for an exit strategy from a mundane life.
Scott KHOST
But what makes them one of the most absolutely best duos ever put on screen isn't explosive fireworks.
JeffHOST
It is Jackie Brown, Pulp Fiction, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood are my three favorites in some order.
JeffHOST
But Max Cherry, the bail bondsman, is waiting to get Sam Jackson out of jail at the beginning of the movie.
JeffHOST
And while he's sitting there, he is reading Berlin Gang.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
Okay.
IanHOST
Okay.
EvanHOST
Let's go Jackie Brown against Max Cherry.
IanHOST
Do you know what? I'll probably take Jackie.
IanHOST
Jackie.